THE riches of Riyadh have attracted some of the best on the planet to create what has been coined the “best boxing card of all time.”
Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol headline the card while Joseph Parker will now face off against Martin Bakole after Daniel Dubois pulled out in the co-main event – and it’ll be for a huge purse too.
Dubois was set to fight Parker, however he pulled out due to illness, setting up the fight between Parker and Martin Bakole.
Parker enters the fight with a 35-3-0 record and has only lost once since 2019 against Joe Joyce.
It may play second fiddle to the Beterbiev and Bivol on the night, but nevertheless, both combatants stand to gain financially from the bout.
What is the Joseph Parker vs Martin Bakole fight purse?
The fight purse for the fight has been reported as £2.05million ($2.6m).
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Parker will get the lion’s share of the purse – £1.58m ($2m) – with Bakolie earning an estimated £475k ($600k).
It is not clear what the fight purse for Dubois was set to be.
According to reports, the winner of Beterbiev vs Bivol is expected to win over $20MILLION.
According to his financial records, Parker has won substantial sums of money in his most recent bouts.
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Most significantly, he reportedly earned £8m from his victory over Joshua in 2018.
When is Joseph Parker vs Martin Bakole?
- Joseph Parker vs Martin Bakole is set to take place on the undercard of Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol II, on Saturday, February 22.
- The card gets underway from 4pm GMT, with Dubois and Parker to fight before the main event at around 9pm GMT.
- The fight will take place at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- SunSport will be offer all the action as it happens with our live blog.
Full card
- Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol – for the IBF, IBO, WBC and WBO light-heavyweight titles
- Joseph Parker vs Martin Bakole
- Shakur Stevenson vs Josh Padley – for the WBC lightweight title
- Carlos Adames vs Hamzah Sheeraz – for the WBC middleweight titke
- Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Israil Madrimov – for the interim WBC heavyweight title
- Zhilei Zhang vs Agit Kabayel – for the interim WBC heavyweight title
- Joshua Buatsi vs Callum Smith – for the interim WBO light-heavyweight title
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
